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\r\n <\/div>\r\n \u201cThe combination of land prices and the pressure to develop in Sonoma County makes it difficult for farming families to stay in agriculture. SALCP is critical for leveraging funds to protect our working lands while also reducing carbon emissions.\u201d<\/p>\r\n
– \r\n Misti Arias,<\/b>\r\n Acquisition Program Manager, Ag + Open Space <\/p>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n\n\n\nSustainable Agricultural Lands Conservation Program (SALCP)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
As part of the state\u2019s efforts to support urban in-fill development and reduce vehicle miles traveled, in 2015 the state launched the Sustainable Agricultural Lands Conservation Program (SALCP). SALCP is a competitive grants program administered by the Department of Conservation and it funds both permanent conservation easements and strategic planning and policy development grants for local governments to protect farm and ranch land at risk of development. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
CalCAN and our partners advocated for the creation and improved funding for SALCP. Following our efforts, SALCP now receives 10 percent of the SGC\u2019s cap-and-trade allocation, which has greatly improved funding for conservation easements on at risk agricultural lands.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Read about the SALC Program<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\r\n CalCAN sponsored or played a lead role in the following bills related to farmland conservation.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/div>\r\n \r\n AB 1532 (2012)<\/p>\r\n AB 1532<\/a> (2012) \u2014 Introduced by Speaker John Perez, the bill includes sustainable agriculture as an eligible funding area for cap and trade investment. This is the primary funding source for the SALC Program.<\/p>\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n AB 823 (2013) <\/p>\r\n AB 823<\/span><\/a> <\/span>(2013) \u2014 Introduced by Assemblymember Eggman, co-sponsored by CalCAN, AFT and CAFF, requires local governments to adopted a minimum standard of 2:1 farmland mitigation when a project results in the conversion of farmland to non-agricultural uses. The bill met with significant opposition from the building industry and stalled in the Assembly Agriculture Committee.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n AB 1961 (2014)<\/p>\r\n Farmland Conservation Bill History<\/h3>\r\n <\/div>\r\n
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